Episodes

July 11, 2023

The Role of the Vital-Physical Aspect of Our Being

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 2, Planes and Parts of the Being, pg. 16 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/07/09/the-role-of-the-vital-physical-aspect-of-our-being/
July 10, 2023

Understanding the Physical Body in its Gross and Subtle Aspects

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 2, Planes and Parts of the Being, pp. 15-16 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/07/08/understanding-the-physical-body-in-its-gross-and-subtle-aspects/
July 9, 2023

Readings in Sri Aurobindo's Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol, Book III, Canto 2 The Adoration of the Divine Mother

reference: Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol Book III The Book of the Divine Mother, Canto 2 The Adoration of the Divine Mother, pages 310-312
July 9, 2023

Interaction of the Powers of Consciousness in the Material World

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 2, Planes and Parts of the Being, pp. 14-15 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/07/07/interaction-of-the-powers-of-consciousness-in-the-material-world/
July 8, 2023

The Continuum of Consciousness and the Interactions of the Various Wave-Forms

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 2, Planes and Parts of the Being, pp. 13-14 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/07/06/the-continuum-of-consciousness-and-the-interactions-of-the-various-wave-forms/
July 7, 2023

The Reality of Worlds of Existence Other than the Physical World

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 2, Planes and Parts of the Being, pg. 12 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/07/05/the-reality-of-worlds-of-existence-other-than-the-physical-world/
July 6, 2023

The Status of the Purusha in the Individual and in the Universal Manifestation

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 2, Planes and Parts of the Being, pp. 11-12 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/07/04/the-status-of-the-purusha-in-the-individual-and-in-the-universal-manifestation/
July 5, 2023

Understanding Planes of Existence or Planes of Consciousness

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 2, Planes and Parts of the Being, pg. 11 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/07/03/understanding-planes-of-existence-or-planes-of-consciousness/
July 4, 2023

Becoming Conscious of the Multiple Sheaths or Planes of Our Being

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 1, Our Manifold Being, pp. 9-10 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/07/02/becoming-conscious-of-the-multiple-sheaths-or-planes-of-our-being/
July 3, 2023

Yoga as Applied Psychology to Understand and Address the Complexity Inherent in the Evolution of Consciousness

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 1, Our Manifold Being, pp. 8-9 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/07/01/yoga-as-applied-psychology-to-understand-and-address-the-complexity-inherent-in-the-evolution-of-consciousness/
July 2, 2023

Readings in Sri Aurobindo's Savitri: a Legend and a Symbol, Book VI, Canto 2 The Book of Fate, The Way of Fate and the Problem of Pain

Book VI The Book of Fate, Canto 2 The Way of Fate and the Problem of Pain, pages 454-456 reference: https://www.lotuspress.com/products/savitri-a-legend-and-a-symbol-new-us-edition-990325?_pos=1&_sid=cf687231a&_ss=r
July 2, 2023

Organizing One’s Life Around a Central Aspiration

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 1, Our Manifold Being, pp. 7-8 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/06/30/organizing-ones-life-around-a-central-aspiration/
July 1, 2023

Understanding Conflicting Powers in the Being

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 1, Our Manifold Being, pp. 6-7 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/06/29/understanding-conflicting-powers-in-the-being/
June 30, 2023

Unifying the Entire Being Around the Aspiration for the Divine

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 1, Our Manifold Being, pg. 6 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/06/28/unifying-the-entire-being-around-the-aspiration-for-the-divine/
June 29, 2023

Untying the Knot of the Ego-Consciousness

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 1, Our Manifold Being, pg. 5 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/06/27/untying-the-knot-of-the-ego-consciousness/
June 28, 2023

Understanding the Mechanism of the External Nature and the Way to Overcome Its Limitations

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 1, Our Manifold Being, pp. 4-5 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/06/26/understanding-the-mechanism-of-the-external-nature-and-the-way-to-overcome-its-limitations/
June 27, 2023

Contending With the Multitude of Beings That Exist Within Each Individual

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 1, Our Manifold Being, pp. 2-4 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/06/24/contending-with-the-multitude-of-beings-that-exist-within-each-individual/
June 26, 2023

Understanding the Separate Aspects of Being That Make Up the Human Individual’s Personality

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 1, Our Manifold Being, pp. 1-2 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/06/24/understanding-the-separate-aspects-of-being-that-make-up-the-human-individuals-personality/
June 25, 2023

Readings from Savitri: a Legend and a Symbol by Sri Aurobindo, Book VII, Canto IV The Triple Soul Forces

reference: Sri Aurobindo, Savitri: a Legend and a Symbol, Book VII The Book of Yoga, Canto 4 The Triple Soul Forces excerpts from pages 507-508, 513-514, and 520-521 https://www.lotuspress.com/products/savitri-a-legend-and-a-symbol-new-us-edition-990325?_pos=1&_sid=b6c2c3a87&_ss=r
June 25, 2023

Confusion About the Real Inner Self and the External Surface Personality Is the Root of Our Suffering

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Chapter 1, Our Manifold Being, pp. 1-2 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/06/23/confusion-about-the-real-inner-self-and-the-externalsurface-personality-is-the-root-of-our-suffering/
June 24, 2023

The Psychic Being and Transformation

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Introduction, Sri Aurobindo on Our Many Selves, Planes and Parts of the Being, pp. xxxiv-xxxv This episode is also available as a podcast at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/06/21/the-psychic-being-and-transformation/
June 23, 2023

The Path to the Attainment of Integral Self-Knowledge

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Introduction, Sri Aurobindo on Our Many Selves, Planes and Parts of the Being, pp. xxxii-xxxiii This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/06/21/the-path-to-the-attainment-of-integral-self-knowledge/
June 22, 2023

Sachchidananda (Existence-Consciousness-Bliss)

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Introduction, Sri Aurobindo on Our Many Selves, Planes and Parts of the Being, pg. xxxii This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/06/20/sachchidananda-existence-consciousness-bliss/
June 21, 2023

Supermind

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology, Introduction, Sri Aurobindo on Our Many Selves, Planes and Parts of the Being, pp. xxxi-xxxii This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2023/06/19/supermind/